This Tuesday marked a major deadline in the legislature. All bills that were not passed by committee on Tuesday were declared dead for this session. The majority of bills introduced died this week. You can view the list of all bills that survived here. The House spent...
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Read MoreMost of our time at the legislature this week was spent working in committees. When a bill is introduced, it must first pass a committee before the full House or Senate votes on it. Most bills die without ever making it through the committee process. I’m...
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Read MoreThis week, the Mississippi House of Representatives considered a bill which updates the state’s education funding formula. House Bill 957 requires that the legislature spend $107 million more than it currently spends on public schools, but it does not raise taxes. It aims to reduce the...
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